Improved quilting-frame



Maryland,

A supporting-frame or table .B B,

downward, branches off, forming, as it were, feetd d.

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-JOHN OOOKERLY, OF MIDDLETOWN, MARYLAND.`

Letters: Patent No. 103,987, dated June 7. 1870.

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To all whom @t may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN A. OooKEnLY, of Mddletown, in the county/of Alrredericlrhand State of have invented'a new and useful Improvement in QuiltingFrames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, iu

Figure 1 is a topn'iew.

Figure 2 is an end view.

Figure 3 is an end view opposite to that of' iig. 2, Nature and Object of the Invention, Y

This invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the rollers of a quilting-frame, having `their journals resting in end pieces or bearings hinged to supporting-frames, and providing said rollers with a ratchet and pawl mechanism, in such a manner that the rollers rotate in an opposite direction to each other on being turned, when the 4material is v'attached to `them, thus retaining at all times the journals in their .Descriptzom .A A, in the drawings, represent the ends of the which, extending D D' represent the end pieces or bearing-bars, one of which, D', is provdedwvith pawls Gr G and a circular bearing, b b, for the endvof the journal c o of the rollers M M', the other (D) having open lslotted bearings g g for the other ends, of the journals f f upon said rollers M M.

Upon one end of the rollers M M', next to the journal' c c, which rest in the bearings b b of the end piece or bearing D, are located the ratchet-wheels N N', which are operated upon and controlled by the pawls G Gr', by which, from their location and: arrangement, the rollers are caused to rotate in an opposite direc- It will be seen that the quilt, insthe course of completion, is wound up under and ou one roller, thehands being made to move over said roller, and thus operate it in a convenient mauner,-theemployn1ent of handles for such purpose beingunnecessary in this arrangement.` f

The end pieces or bearings D D are attached or otherwise pivoted to the supporting-frame or table A by means of a hinge, S, and, when in use, are held in a horizontal position, by means of hooks 'l secured upon the supporting-frame or table A, and au eye, W,

`upon the end pieces or bearings D D. When the quilting-frame is not being used the hook is detached from the eye, and the end. pieces or bearings carrying the rollers are folded down, becoming perpendicular instead oi' horizontal, thus occupying but a small space-a great advantage over those now 1n use. l

It will thus be seen that I have produced a quilting-frame which is convenient, simple in construction, cheap, and durable, easily taken apart and put together whendesired.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lette'rs Patent, is

The reverse rollersM M,'ratchetwheel N N', pawls Grv G', hearings D D', and open slots g gl', constructed and arranged as described, so that the rollers are retained in position by the' aid of the, tension of the quilt, and the latter rolled from one roller under and on,the other, in the manner and for the purpose set forth and shown.

To the above I. have signed my name this 16th day of March, 1870.

JOHN A. OOOKERLY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. CHAMBERLIN, Unes. E. GooKnnLY. 

